Pseudoscience and Hypermedicalization

An Argument Against Burnout

Estevam Vaz de Lima (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

136 Seiten

2023 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5275-1874-2 (ISBN)

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This book provides a detailed critical analysis of burnout, a concept first illuminated by Herbert Freudenberger. By citing arguments that show the inconsistencies and dangers of a general diagnosis, the book shows the effects this may have on the medical sector. With 140 symptoms and the absence of a negative diagnosis, this book argues that burnout represents the widest medicalization of human life that we know of.Through analysis of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) questionnaire and the work of Schaufeli, in addition to other authors, the author creates a detailed case against the generalization of burnout; this book will be of interest to students or academics within the medical field, along with researchers into the human psyche.

Estevam Vaz de Lima is a specialist psychiatrist and medical expert of the Brazilian federal public service, working at the Regional Labor Court of the 2nd Region. He graduated from from Escola Paulista de Medicina Federal/University of São Paulo, Brazil. He is a full member of the Brazilian Association of Psychiatry, and the Brazilian Medical Association. He is a guest lecturer on work-related mental disorders at the Institute of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, and a guest lecturer on the training of judges at the Judicial School of the Regional Labor Court of the 2nd Region. He has worked as a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst in private practice since 1980.

Erscheinungsdatum	26.07.2023
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
	Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Anamnese / Körperliche Untersuchung
ISBN-10	1-5275-1874-4 / 1527518744
ISBN-13	978-1-5275-1874-2 / 9781527518742
Zustand	Neuware